Dawes Urges Expand Votes at Legion Convention
Vice President Dawes appeals to the American Legion to broaden voter power in primary and general elections. He argues the current system allows a small minority to choose nominees and calls for limits on primary influence, urging centralized, impartial participation to defend the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dawes Ladly
National Convention
American Legion
United States
United ‘States
Dawes
Republic
Atetes
Tme
Partieas
Will Loan on Cotton if Acreage Cut
North Carolina bankers proposed extending credit only to farmers agreeing to reduce their cotton acreage by one fourth next year. The agricultural committee urged banks to loan funds to hold part of the present crop from the market until prices stabilize. They suggested withholding between five and eight million bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina Bankers Association
Temperatures and schedule for Monday to Tuesday
Temperature notes show Monday outlook with a cool memo for the mintreum area. The text also mentions Monday night and Tuesday periods with pay timing on Tuesday at 11 am.
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Mintreum
Labor Head Flags Daugherty as Foe of Union Workers
The federation opened a robust session with major items on the Passaic textile strike, Russian recognition, and shop plans. A resolution to back the Passaic strikers was expected to pass with strong committee support. The convention signaled continued opposition to recognizing the Soviet regime under current rulers.
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Labor
Daugherty
Federation
Passaic
N.J
Stephen S. Wise
New York
William Green
Sara Conboy
Aimee and Mother Rest at Beach After Hard Day in Court
Aimee and her mother recover at the beach after a draining court day. Testimony reveals mental incompetence claims and a Salt Lake City order to an asylum. Negotiations in San Francisco reference to clear Mrs. McPherson’s name and Carmel incident details emerge.
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Aimee
Mother
Salt Lake City
Wiseman-Steriff
San Francisco
Martin
McPherson
Carmel
Kennedy
Carley Hardy
M McPherson
Salina
Temple
Wiseman
Cotton Drop Not Yet Influence in Nation's Politics
The article notes the cotton drop has not yet swayed national politics. Washington aims to halt the price decline and slow the downturn with coordinated action by cotton growers, associations, bankers, and dealers. Officials stress overproduction and excessive acreage as the primary causes.
Cotton relief debate rallies bankers and farmers stance
Discussion of relief proposals centers on tying aid to farmers pledging lower next year production. Many favor 20 percent reductions, banking leadership urged to limit cotton acreage, mirroring city bankers guiding local industries. Cotton costs around 16 cents a pound vs current prices, risking broader economic impact.
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South
Washington
N. Y. Herald-Tribune
Two Thousand San Francisco Police In Manhunt
Two thousand San Francisco police were mobilized in a major manhunt for two crazed gunmen after a deadly spree that left three dead and five wounded. By noon more than 260 suspects were arrested as the dragnet spread citywide in a bid to capture the killers.
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San
Roy Welch on Trial for Readlyn Theft
Roy Welch stands trial in Readlyn theft case in Waterly Iowa with Judge Clark presiding. Charge stems from burslary of mastate, Welch previously convicted at Watering for a small robbery and released from Anamosa, health cited as a factor in his proceedings.
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Waterly
Roy Welch
Waterion
Beadlyn
Jude Clark
Welch
Watering
Anamosa
Waverly
Waterlso Hospital
OKR'S IRRIGATION PROJECT APPROVED IN IDAHO OREGON
Washington Oct 12 President Coolidge signed an order approving the Owshed irrigation project in Idaho and Oregon. The cost will be 7 715 000 and will irrigate 24 000 acres. Licenses list Ralph T. Standish Fay LeRundessin Stanley W. Bomberger Ruth Bruun with Waterloo mentions.
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OKR
Washington, D.C
INS
Coolitge
Idaho
Oregon
Marre
Ralph Tl. Standish
Waterloo
Fay LeRundessin
Stanley W. Bomberger
Naner- Wille
Spas Keen
Ruth Bruun
Syervee
City to contest highway routing with state commission
City officials including Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts will travel to Ames to argue Waterloo's objection to rerouting Primary Highways 6 and 40 under a government plan. Proposals would shift 40 to Rainbow drive and Cedar Falls, and 6 to Independence avenue and Franklin streets, reducing access to business districts. Johnson explained the plan aligns with a nationwide system. new bobbie signals will replace old ones at key crossings.
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Glenn A. Tibbitts
Ames
Fred White
Iowa State Highway Commission
Waterloo
W .D. Johnston
Goodrich
Tibbitts
Middlewest
Midwest
Fifth Street Bridge
Rainbow Drive
Cedar Falls
No. 20
Independence Avenue
Franklin Streets
Johnson
Charles MacKay
Griswold Safety Signal Company
Franklin
Fourth Streets
W. B. Coward
Irving Hotel
Greten Fur Store
Ilineis Central
Water Street
Fourth Street
Park Avenue
W. T. Hose
Rose
Barber Supply Company
J. YH. Meyers
Pheasant Shooting Stopped at Sunset
Pheasant shooting is banned after sunset during the Iowa open season for three days Thursday to Saturday. The notice corrects a Courier error and cites section 770 of the game laws effective since July 4 1925.
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Ringneck
Iowa
Courier
Pioneer Clubs Elect New Officers For Year
Members of the Cardinals club and the Cody Pioneers were elected at meetings last night in the Y. MT. J. K. dale Cameron was named chancellor of the Cardinals. Lee Goyer, Ralph Warner, Axel Larson named senior comrade, junior comrade, and comrade of records. William Trumbky chosen comrade of the treasury. Marold Pratt elected chief ranger of the Cody Monicers with Fortward Ester deputy ranger, Wesley Ash recorder, Rollin Perry treasurer, J. d. Godstring leader. The club will devote its program to a hiking project involving outdoor cooking, campfire and wilderness work.
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Omeers
Cardinals Club
Cody Pioneers
Y. MT
J. K
Dale Cameron
Cardinals
Lee Goyer
Ralph , Warner
Axel Larson
William Trumibky
Treasury
Marold Pratt
Cody Mmoncers
Foward Ester
Wesley Ash
Rollin Perry
J. d. Godstring
Teader
Maccabees to Extertain High Officer October 22
Between twelve and Lil Maccabees from neighboring towns are expected here October 22 for a school of instruction when Herbert O Connor St Pawl Midwest supervisor will be the guest of the Waterloo organization of Maccabees sponsoring the school Burgin state man lager also will be here
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Lil Maccabees
Herbert O'Connor
St. Pawl Midwest
Waterloo Organization of Maccabees
Os. S. Burgin
Lager
Hera
Membership Drive Opens at Waterloo YMCA
Indications are that many members will record gains after the first day of canvassing by 186 workers from the YMCA council. S. A. Cohagan, secretary, announced 750 new memberships and renewals aimed for the senior department and 508 for the boys division. Wade Nelson, campaign chair, promised a fried chicken dinner for top teams at Morris Isle camp if the drive succeeds. High praise went to Nelson as J. S. Tutill urged support, crediting the effort to foster Christian citizenship and community good. Alfred Booth was introduced to direct the 1927 Community Fund effort.
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Waterloo
S. A. Cohagan
Wade Nelson
Morris Isle
Nelson
J. S. Tuthill
Tuthill
Alfred Booth
Iie
Browning Claims He Gave, Got Nothing in Split
Edward W. Browning testified in New York that he gave and gave without return as his wife Dor othy Sunshine and his adopted daughter faced tension. He described his child wife Peaches Bleehan as cold and mean, yet he would welcome her back if she returns.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Peaches Bleehan
Heehan
Browning
Dorothy Sunshine
Bits of News wrap from AP across the nation
A collage of brief items notes social and cultural touches from New York to Nebraska. It mentions a flapper girl’s upbringing versus her grandmother, a child pianist who aims to dance, Houdini’s ankle injury, Connie Talmadge and Capt. Macintosh on a love mismatch, Mussolini’s policies on emigration, and school access for girls in Indiana and Nebraska. Also references Milton Sits’s rapid divorce decree and a noon wedding in Hantern time.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Tyne
William McKim
New York
Rina
Gigii
Alimntiny
N.r
Harry Houdini
United States
Wiver
America
Lincoln
Teffersonvill
Ind
Grand Island
Shillman
Nebraska
Ton Angelas
Milton
Darlas Kenyon
Adfronidacks
Col Brandt slain by soldier in latest theory
Clinton Iowa Oct 12 41 P Col Jacob Brandt of Clinton commander of the Iowa regiment of field artillery in the world war was slain for revenge at Portula Cal by a former service man now under court action Brandt disappeared last July while on business for a Chicago manufacturing firm He had served on the Mexican border and later as commander of the 126th field artillery He was popular with men under his command at Canton Muscatine Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Davenport before the regiment was broken up at Camp Cody New Mexico
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Clinton
Jacob Brandt
Iowa
Brandt
Canton
Richard Welsh
Chicago
Portula
Col
Iowa Field Artillery
One Hundredth Twenty-sixth Field Artillery
Milroad
Muscatine
Des Moines
Cedar Itaplds
Davenport
Camp Cody
N. M
Brothers Meet By Chance After Long Cross Country Drives
Two brothers from opposite states set out to surprise the other driving across the nation. One from Pennsylvania headed west, the other from Utah east, and they met by a Lima filling station in Ohio. Relatives visiting in Orange township recount the unlikely coincidence as the drivers realized the other’s car at the station. They planned to continue but turned back toward Pennsylvania after the reunion.
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Pennsylvania
Utah
Ohio
Noah Vike
Orange Township
Samuel Gragy
H. L. Fike
Myersdale
W. R. Saylor
Ruth
Uniontown
Lima
Rev Paul Johnson and Family Escape Banditry in China
Rev Paul Johnson and family, a Methodist missionary team, are safe at Cheng Tu China after fleeing bandit activity tied to recent operations. The Johnsons, living at Prospect Boulevard and Kenilworth Road, reported the city quiet again by cable.
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Paul Johnson
China
Cheng-tu
J. B. Johnson
Prospect Boulevard
Kenilworth Road
Johnson
Paul
Girl of 13 Wins Seed Corn Prize in Town City Ia
Corlyq Wesker aged 13 won the Johnson county junior prize for the championship single ear of seed corn for 192%. The Kiwanis Club of Town City sponsored the award. The ear will enter the district Kiwanis competition at Shenandoah next month. Robert Weeber, six, brother of Corlyn, placed second.
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Town City
Corlyq Wesker
Johnson County
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Shenandoah
Robert Weeber
Corlyn
Andrews to Make Western Speeches
Washington October text says Assistant Secretary of Treasury Andrews, dry enforcement head, will depart Friday for Minneapolis to address Sunday and Monday at the Minnesota law enforcement convention. On Thursday he will address Chicago barbers' supply dealers who use industrial alcohol in their trade.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of Treasury
Andrews
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Chicago
Col Williams Buried in Arlington With Honor Guard
Col Alexander Williams of the Marine Corps, who drowned when his auto plunged into the sea at San Francisco, was buried in Arlington cemetery with full military honors. A guard of honor was formed by a 500 strong Marine detachment from Quantico.
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Washington, D. C
Col
Alexander §. Williams
Marine Corps
San Francisco
Arlington Cemetery
Quantico
Cigars Blow Up in Cigarmakers' Strike
Manila October 12. Several persons were injured today by cigar explosions. Officials say powder hidden in cigars by friends of striking workers, who stopped work last July, caused the blasts.
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Manila
Golinvaux Entry Wins Third in Guernsey Bull Class
Joseph Golinvaux of Waterloo won third place in the Guernsey bull class for 12 to 18 months at the National Dairy Exposition in Detroit Michigan today. His entry was Alyssum’s Memente, of Highland Place.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph Golinvaux
Waterloo
Alyssum
Civil War Veteran Returns to Fields
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Woodring and Mrs. Anna McCannon depart for Joplin Missouri and Gentry Arkansas to visit relatives. Woodring, of Co H Thirty seventh Illinois, served in the Civil War and plans to visit Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove battlefields and attend the Army Frontier Memorial session on October 20. This is his first trip south since the war, and his first visit to the fields he fought on sixty four years ago. The party will be away three weeks.
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Peter
Woodring
Handolph Street
Anna McCannon
Anes
Jopin,Mo
Gentry
Ark
Pea Ridge
Prairie Grove
Army Frontier Memorial Association
Co. H
Illinois Infantry
Seize U. S. Ship to Carry Chinese
Reports from Hankow say Upper Yangtze shipping is paralyzed as Chinese commandeer foreign vessels to move troops. The American ship Ilsn, owned by West Ching Navigation, is named to be used by General Chang’s forces and the officers reportedly forced to transport soldiers to Shas.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Yangtze River
West Ching Navigation Company
Chang
Shas
Stephenson Summoned to Court by Grand Jury
Michigan City Indiana October 12 The grand jury subpoena calls D C Stephenson life prisoner at Michigan penitentiary to appear before the county grand jury in Indianapolis. Warden Walter H Daly of the prison received the subpoena from Sheriff Jacob John of Lanotte county the court directs the prisoner be produced before the grand jurors at 10 a m Thursday.
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Michigan City
Ind
Grand
D. C. Stephenson
Michigan Penitentiary
County
Indianapolis
Walter H. Daly
Jacob, John
Lanotte County
Avrst
Indiana
Museum thieves steal 275000 in jewels in Paris
In Paris thieves broke into the Grand Conde museum at Chantilly Chateau through a window and carried off jewels valued at 275000 dollars. The haul included the Samoan rose diamond, a famed gem from France’s crown jewels. Police reported the loss today.
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Paris
France
Grand Conde Museum
Chantilly Chateau
Parochial schools honor Columbus Day with holidays
Parochial schools across the city observed Columbus Day with half and full holidays. Pupils at St. John's and Sacred Heart were dismissed at noon while Our Lady of Victory Academy and St. Mary's School enjoyed full holidays. Talks on the discoverer of America were given at St. John's School.
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America
St. John’s
Sacred Heart
Our Lady of Victory Academy
St. Mary's School
St. John’s School
Bandits Loot Jewels Valued at 23000 in Chicago Robbery
Three bandits bound Rud Noel, a diamond importer, four men and one woman robbed a downtown Chicago office of diamonds and jewelry worth 23000 and fled after rifling shelves. The jewels were insured.
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Chicago
Rud Noel
Tracing Gas Main Leak Bares Suil
Sioux City Iowa December 12 suspect gas main leak exposed a still inside a house at 2321 Fourth Street. Gas company had long reported gas escaping in the area. Detectives traced the leak to the still but the owners of the still were not apprehended.
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Sioux City
Get
Fourth Street
Gus
Suil
Weather Delays Los Angeles Flight to Dearborn
Weather delays postponed the Los Angeles flight to Ford airport Dearborn due to unfavorable conditions. The leg from Lakehurst, New Jersey was also affected as plans shifted to tomorrow under lingering weather issues.
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Los Angeles’ Flight
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Los Angeles
Ford
Dearborn
Midotony
Patent Pill Method Of Schooling Obsolete Declared
Charles A Whittrell superintendent of west schools told Xiwanis Club at Hotel Russell Lamson that vast changes have occurred in education moving away from a patent pill era. He highlighted college education as a key factor and praised pruning useless words from children spelling. Ruth Lumry led a first grade reading demonstration with 12 pupils.
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Ail
Charles A. Whittrell
West Schools
Xiwanis Club
Hotel Russell Lamson
Organization of Colleges of Education
Ruth Lumry
Emerson School
Misa Mabel Walter
Emerson
Central Schools
Pocatello Defeats Springfield In Junior World Series
Pocatello Idaho wins its second game in the junior world championship baseball series, defeating Springfield 8 to 7 in a contest held in Philadelphia during the American Legion convention. Final inning scoring and line scores show Pocatello breaking a late tie to secure the win. Funeral notices follow for John J. Hawk of What Cheer Iowa.
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Philadelphia
Pocatello
Idaho
Springfield
American Legion
H. A. LaRue
Park Avenue West
Oskeloosa
John J. Hawk
Rituals Reveal Fox Religion Focused on Ethics Not Conduct
Washington DC October 12 Smithsonian ethnologist Dr Truman Michelson reports Fox Glusquakie rituals tied to health protection and war success rather than ethical rules. Many rites fade, surviving mainly as social gatherings, while Fox life shifts toward modern homes and farming prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Towa
Truman Michelson
Smithsonian Institution
Ss Bureau of American’ Ethnology
Michelson
Tama
Itjself
Smithsonian
Dr. Michelson
Rush
America
Funeral services for five year old George Wilson
Funeral services for George Wilson five year old son of Mrs Leon Wilson 305 Fremont street will be Wednesday at 8 p m at the family home Dr Earl A Roadman pastor of Grace Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Brandon cemetery The child died at 10 15 p m yesterday The body is at the O Keeta and Towne funeral home
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George Wilson
Leon Wilson
Fremont Street
Earl A. Roadman
Grace Methodist Church
Brandon
O'Keeta & Towne
Community notices from Washington TWP and Littleton area
Oct 2 reports residents repainted homes and visits across Mt. Vernon Cedar Falls and Manchester. Church and social events include a Ladies Aid meeting at Cedar Falls and Christian Endeavor chicken pie supper in Roy Miller home Oct 10. Littleton residents hold bazaar profits and a combined batnp and chicken supper Oct 21 at West store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred McElhaneys
Denigo Shaffer
Mt. Vernon
Jona Morgan
George Varee
Austinville
R. Bekar
John Howe
Merlyn Howe
Cedar Falls
West
Clarksville
Christian Endeavor
Roy Miller
Littleton Tainticton
Presbyterian Church
Joe Weople
Hazel Barclay Harrington
Donnelly
Mian
Buchanan County
G. P Ohl
M Aloore
Watertoo
Bowens
West Bridge
Ald Society
West Store
Littleton
Tid Bits Landon Shoots Rabbits In First Try
A dubious anecdote from Landon, a shy A club member, claims he started shooting and killed a rabbit on his first attempt after only a couple of minutes on the field. A bystander asks what caused the rabbit’s death, reflecting waning interest in the tale.
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Landon
Finn
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